Mitsubishi Eclipse vs Toyota 4RUNNER

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Mitsubishi Eclipse	Toyota 4RUNNER
Complaints on file	2,785	6,482
Model years covered	1989–2012	1984–2026
Worst model year	2001	2006
Best model year	2012	2026
Crashes reported	328	396
Fires reported	83	64
Injuries reported	169	248
Deaths reported	11	13
Most complained-about part	Brakes	Body & Structure
Share of complaints involving harm	21.2%	11.1%

Mitsubishi Eclipse by year

13 59 65 65 44 53 440 220 185 174 150 380 287 84 158 20 8 118 122 83 44 1 1 11

89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Brakes 427 15.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 331 11.9%

Wheels 278 10.0%

Engine & Cooling 272 9.8%

Body & Structure 217 7.8%

Airbags 179 6.4%

Electrical System 176 6.3%

Suspension 163 5.9%

Toyota 4RUNNER by year

2 2 13 7 12 7 95 55 73 58 15 52 92 200 168 312 520 206 261 718 847 553 520 204 134 33 175 182 112 48 91 116 105 48 78 87 43 54 55 42 11 64 12

84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,791 27.6%

Suspension 817 12.6%

Other & Unspecified 722 11.1%

Airbags 474 7.3%

Brakes 472 7.3%

Engine & Cooling 380 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 357 5.5%

Steering 294 4.5%